Teddy Roosevelt: “I am fortunate in being President of a nation where you do not have to…”

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I am fortunate in being President of a nation where you do not have to praise one State by running down any other State.

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Republican · New York

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He expresses pride in leading a nation that values all states equally without favoritism.

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Teddy Roosevelt: “I am fortunate in being President of a nation where you do not have to praise one State by running down any other State.”